CVE-2019-8829

HIGH

iPadOS < 13.2 - Memory Corruption via Improper Locking

Title source: llm

Description

A memory corruption vulnerability was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in macOS Catalina 10.15.1, Security Update 2019-001, and Security Update 2019-006, watchOS 6.1, tvOS 13.2, iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210722

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210721

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210723

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210724

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0095

EPSS Percentile 56.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-667 CWE-787

Status published

Products (5)

apple/ipados < 13.2

apple/iphone_os < 13.2

apple/mac_os_x < 10.15.1

apple/tvos < 13.2

apple/watchos < 6.1

Published Oct 27, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026